Swiftech and Danger Den Water Cooling for Geforce 8800 Series

In this article we take an in-depth look at the advanced cooling options available for the Geforce 8800 series. Both Danger Den and Swiftech have water blocks designed to fit the latest NVIDIA high end cards, so we take them for a test ride, comparing performance at different pump speeds, SLI compatibility and see how they do compared to high end air cooling solutions. Read on to find out if water cooling a G80 based VGA card is worth it.

Danger Den NV-88GTS-PC

Inside the package

No fancy art on the box, the contents come well packed inside avoiding anything to damage DD's blocks, this is what arrived:

Inside we find:

Danger Den NV-88GTS-PC water block

Screws, washers, plastic o-rings

White thermal grease

Thermal pads

Manual

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Comment
from Kougar@ 2007/06/06

Great review! Very interesting to see Swiftech's block take the win there, I am surprised. Did overclocking improve beyond 600Mhz with either block though??

they are close together at STOCK G80 speeds; but once you start overclocking, HR-03 PLus will heat up more & faster. Watercooling will take the lead quickly and with larger margins, also, it will allow you to use a higher VGPU/VMEM as it's better cooled, and can remove more watts

stock HR: 45°C
stock DD: 45°C

OC HR: 47°C
OC DD: 45°C

Comment
from Cranox@ 2007/06/07

Nice review geoffrey , never tought that the mcw-60 is that good

Comment
from jmke@ 2007/06/10

Quote:

The G80 adapter kit is used to replace the standard MCW60 hold-down plate and allows installation with GeForce™ 8 series Video Cards, as well as ATI® latest 2900XT video cards